Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Oats and Dumbbells and Brittany...oh my!

My day started out with a steaming bowl of oats. But not just any old oats, steel cut oats. I recently purchased a rice cooker and have been using it frequently for morning oats. I go to the gym in the morning before work so time is of the essence. But, I am not willing to give up a hearty breakfast in the interest of time. Rice cooker oats to the rescue. My rice cooker has a delay timer so I can set the oats to be perfectly done the moment I make it down to the kitchen. Perfect!

It was creamy, chewy, nutty heaven in a bowl. I washed it all down with a half a glass of milk.

As I mentioned, I like to get my workout out of the way first thing in the morning. I have learned that if I wait until the evening I can easily talk myself out of it. I have started using the gym in my office building on my lunch hour a few days a week. But this is usually a bonus workout or the result of not enough sleep and taking the extra hour in the morning.

Right now, my workout consists of a 4 day split plus 3 cardio sessions. Truth be told, I hate cardio. I would rather lift heavy weights any day instead of running or ellipticalling. Cardio is easily my downfall and I struggle every week to get in my cardio sessions.